2023 Egypt

Today is our last day in Egypt. It seems like just yesterday we arrived. I thought for sure I would be ready to leave. All the sounds, the smells, the crowds that made me ready to leave on day 2, no longer had that effect on me. Mind you, Hurghada is a resort town and…

Today was a chill day. We only left the resort once to go to a nearby mall. Matt didn’t pack enough clothes for Hurghada, so shopping was a must, naturally. We ended up getting some clothes and cologne for Matt, and some jewelry for me. We also grabbed some cough…

Today we took a flight over to Hurghada, where we will be for the last segment of our trip. This is what we have all been looking forward to for the last week. Hurghada is a resort town on the east coast of Egypt. Marian and I spent days combing through all the…

Today we got up at 1 am to catch a 2:15 transfer to a 5:30 am flight from Cairo to Luxor. We booked these tickets weeks ago. However, both of our original flights were canceled. So we ended up on the earliest flight to Luxor and the 2nd to last flight headed back to…

Our stomachs woke us up this morning to remind us of our bad choices from the night before. Seems that we are all still getting used to the food. Somebody mentioned the other day that everything out here is “organic” and we weren’t used to it. Maybe. The good news is…

Today is “6 October” here. It’s an Egyptian holiday. There’s cities and streets named after 6 October as it is Egypt’s Armed Forces Day: a public holiday celebrating the day in 1973 when combined Egyptian and Syrian military forces launched a surprise attack on Israel…

Our goal this morning was to have breakfast at the hotel at 8, pool at 9, and check out at 11. We got up a little early to walk Nat back to her parents and then fell back asleep until closer to 9-10. Marian, Diaa, and family went home early to prepare for a wedding….

This morning starts our 3rd full day in Egypt and I am feeling A LOT of feelings. I’ll explain. I should start out by saying that I was asked by my family, specifically my dad, to create an itinerary for this Egypt trip. It’s my 3rd trip to Egypt. First time was in…

Today we did a lot better at keeping our schedule. Our drivers picked us up around 8:20 and we started our journey to the Pyramids of Giza. Our first stop was a papyrus and fragrance shop where the owners told us a little bit about the history of the pyramids. The…

We all went to bed crazy late last night. Our group consists of 9 of us. Me, Matt, Sarah, Marian, Diaa, and their 4 kids, Nat, Coco, Zack, and Zoey. I think collectively we slept a total of 18 hours if that. In the morning I started getting ready at around 9 thinking…

Our layover was in Paris. We landed early and met Sarah there. She put a lot more time and efforts into her appearance than we did. Even though I got plenty naps in the first flight, I still felt delirious and the ground was moving. It was past 5pm though so coffee…

This morning, I started out the day at work on less than 5 hours of sleep. After checking in last night, I noticed my boarding pass didn’t say TSA Precheck but Matt’s did. I ended up spending about an hour on the phone with Delta making sure all my flight documents…